Automation for the packaging industry

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Gentle and quick, clean and safe, variable and flexible – these are typical requirements of packaging companies. You can often make your packaging tasks even more efficient by relying on automation solutions from Festo, from individual components to ready-to-install subsystems. We provide you with the support you need, worldwide.

Solutions for packaging machines

OEE – increasing equipment availability

High system availability can be planned. The key indicators for overall equipment effectiveness are availability, performance, and quality. These examples show how you can reduce downtimes and increase cycle rates while maintaining top quality.

Digitised pneumatics for radically optimised usage: our highly functional Motion Terminal VTEM with its Motion Apps and new valve technology replaces over 50 individual components and even entire systems – and can also be controlled via a tablet and smartphone.

The high-speed pick and place system EXCT: extremely efficient with more than 90 picks/min The most dynamic and energy-efficient alternative to traditional serial solutions greatly reduces the moving load thanks to the use of a single belt. It's a product that pays off.

The servo-controlled horizontal cartoner HK-S from ECONO-PAK gently and efficiently places scratch-sensitive tubes of shoe polish into cardboard boxes. The freely configurable and flexible Multi-Carrier-System (MCS®) from Festo synchronises the conveyors for the product and the cardboard box and ensures reliable packaging with a high throughput.